Faucet.



110.734,355. PATENTLD JULYzi, 190s. W. T. NICHOLS.

PAUGET. APPLICATION FILED M1130. 1903.'

No MODEL.

` I ATTORNEYS' UNITED STATES i Patented .Tuly 21, '1903i WARREN THOMAS NICHOLSfOF HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK.

FAUGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,355, dated July 21, 1903..

Application iiled March 3Q, 1903.

To a/ZZ whom. it may concern:

Be itknown that I, WARREN THOMAS NICH- OLS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hempstead, ,in the county of Nassau and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Faucet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to Water distribution; and its object is to provide a new and improved faucet which is simple and durable in construction, very edective in operation, and arranged to prevent leakage, as the valve proper is held to its seat by the pressure-sup ply and opens against the latter when manuall y actuated.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure lis a sectional side elevation of the improvement. Fig. 2 is across-section of the same on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view of the same 011 the line 3 3 of Fig. l, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same on the line 4 4. of Fig. l.

The valve-body AY ofV the improved faucet is provided with an entrance end Ay and a discharge-spout A2, and the said entrance end A is screwed or otherwise secured to the head B of a pipe B, secured to a suitable support C and connected in the usual manner with a water-supply.

At the entrance end A of the valve-body A is arranged an integral valve-seat A3,raised in an outward direction-#that is, toward the head Band'on the outer face of the said valve-seat A3 is adapted to be seated a valve D, arranged to open in the direction of rthe water-supply and normally held to its seat by the water-pressure from the head B. The valve D is secured on the Iiuted end of a valve-stem E, extending through and guided in the seat A3, and the said valve-stem eX- tends through the valve-body A and through a cap F, screwing on the outer end of the tubular extension A4 of the valve-body A. On the outer end of the valve-stem E is secured Serial No. 150,216. (No model.)

i a knobor handle E', adapted to be taken hold of by the operator to push the valve-stem E and its valveD inwardly to move the valve D o its seat in the direction of the pressure of the water-supply.

On the valve-,stern F, within theA tubular extension A4, is arranged a diametrical pin E2, extending at its ends into guideways A5,

formed onl the inside of the extension A4, to l 4hold the valve-stem E and its valve D from turning. Against the under side of the pin E2 rests a washer G, pressed on at its bottom by the upper end of a spring H, coiled on the stem E and resting at its lower end on a delector A4, formed integrally in the valvebody A and arranged below the extension A4 to direct the water from the entrance end A to the spout A2.

Now when the several parts are in the position shown in Fig. l the valve D is held to its seat mainly by the pressure from within the head B', and consequently leakage is not liable to take place at the seat A3. When it is desired to open the valve, the operator presses the knob E to move the valve D 0E its seat against the pressure of the water, and at the same time the spring H is pressed, so that on releasing the knob E' the valve-stem is forced back to its upper normal position'- and the valve D moves to its seat by the pressure ofV the water in the head B. Itis understood that when the valve D is off its seat water can ow from the inlet end A" through the open valve-seat and the Iiutes in the stem E to pass into the valve-body A and finally flow from the latter to and through the spout A2 to a'suitable place of discharge. p

The device is very simple and durable in construction, is not liable to easily get out of order, and leakage is prevented by the valve D being held to its raised seat by the pressure of the Water.

In case of repairs the bodyAcan be readily uuscrewed from the head B after the water is turned 'off from the supply-pipe B to give convenient access to the valve D, removable from the end of the stem E. Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A faucet having a faucet-bodyVV provided with a bulged entrance end, a discharge-spout,

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a valve-seat at the outer face of the entrance end, a tubular extension between the entrance end and the spout, a Valve seated on the said valve-seat at the outer face of the said bulged entrance end, a valve-stem having a iuted end, on which the said valve is secured, the valve-stem extending through the valveseat, the valve-body and the said tubular extension and forminga guide for the said vaivestern, a spring pressing the said valve-stein, to normally hold the valve to its seat, and a deliector on the inner end of the said tubular extension, to direct the water to the said spout, the deiiector forming an abutment for one end of the said spring, said valve-stem extending 

